NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Original or alternative title 2015 Census of Population Housing and Agriculture for the Republic of Palau Provider Government of PalauTabulations only Geography Palau (PLW) Coverage type Country Time period covered 01/2015 - 12/2015 Data type Census: De jureHouseholdIndividualInterviewNationally representativeSubnationally representative Summary The 2015 Palau Population, Housing and Agriculture Census was conducted by the Office of Planning and Statistics. Questions about agriculture and fishing were included for the first time in the population census in order to collect data on food and economic security. The total population in 2015 was 17,661, a decrease of 2,246 from 2005. Keywords Agriculture, Assets, Birth place, Child mortality, Complete birth history, Crops, Domestic migration, Education, Electricity, Employment, Employment benefits, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family size, Fishing, Hearing loss, Hours worked, Household air pollution, Household heat, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Income, International migration, Land ownership, Languages, Limited mobility, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, Loans, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal age, Maternal mortality, Mental and behavioral disorders, Mining, Mortality, Occupations, Population, Public social assistance, Race, Refrigeration, Sanitation, Telephones, Unemployment, Vision loss, Water supply Citation Contributors Office of Planning and Statistics (Palau) Statistics for Development Division (New Caledonia) Funders Office of Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior Suggested citation Office of Planning and Statistics (Palau), Statistics for Development Division (New Caledonia). Palau Population, Housing and Agriculture Census 2015. GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 15, 2021